Post-card shield.



PATENTED APR. 14, P.H.'BORDEN. POST OA'RD SHIELD. ,A PPLIOATION FILED FEB-11,1907.

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PbST CiA f i D PATENTED *APR. 14, 1908.

PLH. BURDEN. POST CARD SHIELD. APPLIGATION FILED FEB. 11, 1907.

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POST-CARD SHIELD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 14, 1908.

Application filed February 11, 1907. Serial No. 366,702.

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, PHILIP H. BORDEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Portof Maine, have invented a'new and useful Post-Card Shield, of which the following is a specification,

My invention relates to protecting coverings or shields for so called picture orornamented postal'cards, the chief object of which is to provide protection for the picture or ornamented side of the cards during transmission through the mails.

A further object is to provide a larger amount of correspondence space than is ordinarily found on picture ostal cards.

With these and other 0 jects in View, I have devised the shield or covering, preferred embodiments of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Fi ure 1 is a view showing a card having a shield adapted for attachment along its upper and lower edges Fi 2 is a view of the reverse face of the card s owing the manner of attaching the shield. Fig. 3 shows the shield attached to the ends instead of the upper and lower edges of the card. Fig.v 4"

shows the card gummed on theaddress side to receiv the shield. Fig. 5 is a view of a modified form of shield. Fig. 6 is a view showing such modified shield on the card; and Fig. 7 is a view of another modification showing additional correspondence sheets.

The shield which constitutes the subject matter of my invention consists of a sheet preferabl of transparent pa er or other suitablelight material which, igs. 13, is out to a size convenient for covering the picture or ornamented side of a card, and for la ping over the opposlte or address side of t e card to which the edges of the shield are attached.

and lower edges, the gummed portions being confined between the extreme edges of'the shield and lines of weakness preferably perforations 3 parallel with said edges, said lines of weakness being provided for the purpose of facilitating tearing off and removing the shield by the recipient of the card. Within the lines of weakness 3 are provided also additional lines of weakness 4, which are spaced from each other a distance equal to t e width of the card to facilitate the accuostal by prospective purchasers when the cardsare 1n stock, the shield as shown in Figs. 1 and 3 may be preliminarily attached onl along one edge, the opposite edge being le t temporarily free to be attached by the sender before the card is placed in the mails.

When the recipient of the card desires to remove the shield,.this may be readily done b tearing along the lines of perforations 3 clbse to-the gummed surfaces 2. Inasmuch as the lines of perforations 3 lie opposite the address side and well below theedges of the card, the torn edges of the remnants of the shield left after removal thereof will be entirely concealed from the view of one looking at the picture side of the card. Thus when the shield is removed thepicture side of the card will be exposed, absolutely unmarred and leaving the edges of the card smooth and with no rough edges or mutilated portions of the shield in si ht.

A further a vantage of this structure resides in the fact that correspondence ma be placed on'that portion of the shield w ich overliesthe pictureside of the card and the message may be preserved in neat form by the recipient by removal thereof by first tearing the shield along the folding perforations 4 thus preserving the message intact, and then, to remove the fpro ecting rough edges of the shield entirely om View of the picture side, the strips between the folding perforations 4 and the tearing perforations 3 may be removed; Pg.

In Fig. 3' the shield is shown as adapted to be attached overthe end of the card instead of alon the edges as in Figs. 1 and 2. will beIound to be a convenient arran ement when the icture or other ornamental eatureis. laced ongitudinally of the card.

. t has been found in practice that 'the edges of the shield, when gummed at 3 as described, have a tendency to curl, causing somewhat unsightly ap earance as well 'as difficulty in attaching t 1e shield. To obviate such defect, the gumming of the edges 2 of the shield may be dispensed with and instead thereof the gum may be applied in strips 5, Fig. 4, near the edges of the card in osltion to receive the edges of the shield. Ihe structure of the shield however remains This mental side of the card, and having a large flap 7 adapted to overlie the address side, the

edge 8 of the flap being gummed for attaoh ment to the lip 9 at the opposite side of the body ortion when the latter is folded over upon t e edge of the card. Lines of perforation 10,10 are also provided at each side of the body portion to insure accurate folding of the flaps 8 and 9 over the edges of the card. It will be seen that this shield is mot attached to the card, but is held in place by its snug fit thereon. In this form also a message may be written upon the portion which overlies 'the picture side of the card, and the message may be removed without mutilation, by tearing the shield alon the linesof perforation 10. To provide for the secure attachment of the stamp and at the same time to more securely hold the shield on'the card,

perforations 11 are provided in the-flap 7 over which the stamp may be laced, andthrough which it is secured direct y to the card. Additional perforations 12 may be employed to permit 't e post dating stamp also to reach the card.

In the-modified form of shield shown in Fig, 7 provision is made for additional correspondence space by attaching extra sheets 12 to the inner side of the'shield which, when the shield is attached at the bottom as before described, will be inclosed therebeneath.

In other respects the shield may if desired be of the same construction and adapted to be attached and removed in the same manner as the forms shown in Fig. 1 althou h it is obvious thatit may be attached to t e card in other ways within the scope of the invention.

-Many changes may be made in the construction and relative arrangement of the parts without departing from the spirit or sco e of the invention.

1. A shield for a picture post card, comprising a body portion adapted to protect the picture side of the card and having securing flaps adapted to be folded over the edges of the card and having means for attachment opposite the address side thereof entirely below the edges whereby when the Shield is re;

moved by tearing adjacent the attached portion, the attached remnants will be concealed from the picture side of the card.

2. Ashield for a picture post card, comprising a body portion-adapted to protect the picture side of the card, and having lines of weakness whereby the edges of the shield may be accurately folded over the edges of card, and means for securing said edges OP 0- site the address side of the card entirely elow the edges whereby when the shield is removed by tearing adjacent the attached portions, the attached remnants will be concealed from the picture. side of the card.

3. A shield for a picture post card, comprising a body portion adapted to protect the picture side of the card, and having securin flaps adapted to be folded over the edges, an secured oppositethe address side, of the card, said flaps having lines of weakness near their edges arranged to lie below the edges of the card, whereby when the shield is removed by tearing along said lines of weakness the remnants thereof will be concealed from ture side of the card.

4. A shield for a picture postcard comprising a body portion adapted to protect the picture side of the card, and having lines of weakness to facilitate folding the edges thereof over the edges of the card for attachment to the'card, the parts so folded also having the piclines of weakness arranged to lie below the edges of the card whereby when the shield is removed by tearing along'said second lines of Weakness, the remnants of the shield will be concealed from the picture side of the card.

5. A shield for picture post cards, comprising a body portion adapted to rotect the picture side thereof, and having a s adapted to be folded over the edges of t 1e cards, said flaps having gummed surfaces for attachment to the address side of the card, and having lines of weakness adjacent saidsurfaces and arranged to lie below the edges of the card, whereby when the shield is removed by tearing along said lines of weakness the attached remnants will be concealed from the picture side of the card.

A shield'fo'r a picture post card com- PIlSlIlg a body portion adapted to protect the picture side of the card, and having correspondence sheets attached to the inner side thereof, and means to attach said shield to the card.-

7. A shield for a picturev post card comprising a body portion adapted to protect the picture side of the card, and having correspondence sheets attached to the inner side t iereof, and having securing flaps adapted to be folded over the edges of the card and attached opposite the address side thereof.

In testimony whereof I allix my signature in the presenceof two witnesses.

PHILIP ll. BORDEN.

Witnesses Geo. M. SEIDERS, A. V. SWEENEY. 

